Notice of call for expressions of interest - Scientific and Technical Support - Various Scientific Profiles
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- Science Professionals
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- EOI/EFSA/2020/01 Requisition #
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- May 05, 2021 Post Date
- Microbiological characterisation and assessment of possible genetic modifications of the microorganisms used as additives or as production strains in the food or feed chain;
- Microbiological risk assessment of novel foods including expertise in the safety assessment of food enzymes;
- Chemistry and microbiology (viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc.);
- Chemical and physiochemical characterisation of novel foods including expertise in NMR, mass spectrometry and in the characterisation of chemical complexes and/or nanomaterials
- Physical-chemical properties of plant protection products and their active substances;
- Methods of analysis of plant protection products and of their residues;
- Toxicology and regulatory toxicology;
- Non dietary exposure and risk assessment of plant protection products;
- Environmental fate and behaviour of plant protection products;
- Ecotoxicology;
- Ecology and population dynamics;
- Ecological/Environmental exposure and risk assessment;
- New approach methodologies (e.g. in silico approaches, in chemico and in vitro assays, new testing tools, such as “high-throughput screening” and “high-content methods” e.g. genomics including where appropriate the analysis of (whole) genome sequencing, proteomics, metabolomics);
- Physiology and metabolism of yeasts and filamentous fungi;
- Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) from genetically modified plant to micro-organisms;
- Agronomic and phenotypic characterisation of cultivated plants;
- Efficacy studies of feed additives in target animals (covering both food-producing animals and pets and non-food producing animals);
- Safety studies (toxicological studies) of food, feed additives food contact materials and GMO;
- Dietary exposure for food enzymes and food contact materials;
- Dietary exposure assessment - Plant protection products risk assessment;
- Literature review and/or Statistical analysis;
- Environmental risk assessment of feed additives
- Industrial fermentations and downstream processing;
- Epidemiology, with experience in the analysis of animal health and welfare data for surveillance, outbreak investigation, vaccine efficacy estimation, sample size calculations and statistical and mathematical modelling for risk assessment purposes;
- Scientific evaluation on animal health standards and animal disease control strategies (eradication measures, contingency planning etc.)
- Animal welfare, with experience on the assessment of Animal Based Measures;
- Geographical information Systems and analysis, model building in ArcGIS, Cartography and graphic design;
- Proven experience in systematic or extensive literature searches in the areas of animal and plant health
- Data science;
- Plant health risk assessment;
- International standards on phytosanitary measures;
- Plant pathology
- Entomology or acarology of plants or plant products
- Statistical and mathematical modelling for plant health risk assessment purposes, including: plant disease epidemiology, insect population ecology, modelling plant pests’ invasions, sample size calculations;
- Statistical analysis with expertise in human study design;
- Regulatory science
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Whole Genome Sequencing of foodborne pathogens
- Antimicrobial resistance, including mechanisms of resistance and epidemiological aspects
- Zoonotic agents (including Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies), including their detection, characterisation, occurrence, monitoring, analysis and epidemiology
- Processing of animal-by-products for biological risk reduction
- Efficacy and safety of chemical or biological substances/agents for the removal of surface contamination of foods of animal or non-animal origin
- Microbiological risk assessment (including modelling)
- Predictive microbiology
- Food hygiene
- Analytical chemistry for the monitoring of chemical contaminants in the food chain
- Assessment of exposure to chemical contaminants
- Analytical chemistry: chemical indentification and specification of chemical substances present in food contact materials, food enzymes and food additives
- Migration testing and modeling for food contact materials
- Organic and polymer chemistry
- Recycling technologies used for plastics and chemical engineering
- Food technology (manufacturing processes and use of food additives)
- Food composition
- Food formulation
- Microbe physiology under stress conditions (fermentation, scale-up): production of undesired substances.
- Provide preliminary completeness check of dossiers, in compliance with EFSA administrative and scientific guidance documents;
- Analyse and extract critical data extracted from dossier submitted (factual/ key findings/ observations/ uncertainties/ missing information) and prepare summary reports;
- Perform additional literature search and/or statistical analysis, when needed;
- Prepare input data to launch call-for-data. Collate and process data of food consumption, food processing and recipes. Disaggregate national dietary survey to FoodEx system;
- Preparation of draft assessments on the pesticide residues in plants, residues in livestock and consumer risk assessment, on the basis of the Member State Assessment reports;
- Analyse the data provided in Draft/Renewal Assessment Report (DAR/RAR) provided by the responsible Rapporteur Member State and any supporting documents;
- Preparation of draft assessments on the specific chapter of the DAR/RAR;
- Prepare summary report from literature for risk assessment purposes on animal health, animal welfare, plant health, foodborne pathogens, chemical contaminants, antimicrobial resistance, food additives and flavourings, food contact materials, enzymes and processing aids: data extracted from methodology and result section (key findings/uncertainty/conclusions/recommendations/gaps);
- Performing microbiological risk assessments,including modelling of pathogen behaviour.
- Propose draft GIS analysis on vector or raster data and apply a GIS workflow; making maps in a variety of ways and present them in a multitude of media;
- Attend meetings, either physically or via web-conference if necessary.
Distance in road Km | Travel cost |
up to 100 | no allowance |
between 100 - 400 | 200 € |
above 400 | 400 € |